E. Nesbit

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E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit, 1858-1924) was an English author and one of the most popular, successful and influential writers of her day, who wrote over sixty books for children, eleven novels for adults and a number of short stories and poems. Her children's books include The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899), The Wouldbegoods (1901), The Railway Children and the fantasies Five Children and It (1902), a blockbuster success when serialised in The Strand Magazine, The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904), The Story of the Amulet (1906) and The Enchanted Castle (1907). Julia Donaldson has called her the inventor of the modern children's adventure story, Jacqueline Wilson her all-time favourite classic children's author, and Neil Gaiman has said he loves her books, particularly the Five Children and It sequence.

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Books

• Five Children and It (1902) · The Psammead Trilogy Core Canon
• The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) · The Psammead Trilogy Core Canon
• The Story of the Amulet (1906) · The Psammead Trilogy Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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